21 h. ago Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang memberA lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration of waging a “sickening” campaign of psychological warfare against asylum seekers and migrants.“In my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, a California-based lawyer for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) group. Continue reading...

Politics

31 h. ago French riot cops clash with migrants as they FINALLY clear Paris theatre occupied by hundreds of homeless asylum seekers who were invited to a free show and stayed for weeks

French riot police clashed with migrants and their supporters today as they cleared a Paris theatre occupied by hundreds of homeless Africans.

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51 h. ago ‘I escaped one gulag only to end up in another’: Russian asylum seekers face Ice detention in the US

Exiles fleeing Putin’s repression in Russia and other post-Soviet states find a harsh welcome when arriving statesideFor most of the four years of Joe Biden was in office, citizens of Russia and other post-Soviet states seeking asylum in the US were generally released into the country while they awaited hearings on their claim in immigration court.But since last summer, many have been detained upon entering the US, and some of them have been held for more than a year, lawyers, activists and detainees say. Some children have been separated from their parents. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Border Force guard who broke his ankle rescuing asylum seekers from small boats in the Channel wins £80,000 taxpayer payout after winning battle against Home Office

Alan Quartermain, 66, had been working since 2am and had just participated in his third rescue of the day when he was injured getting back onto his boat on the afternoon of June 3, 2021.

Economics

67 h. ago Number of UK asylum seekers awaiting appeals up by nearly 500% in two years

Refugee Council analysis of figures released by MoJ shows there are 41,987 cases in backlog of tribunal courtsThe number of asylum seekers left in limbo as they appeal against a rejected asylum application has risen by nearly 500% over two years, putting renewed pressure on the taxpayer, an analysis by the Refugee Council has found.Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that at the end of 2024 there were 41,987 asylum appeals in the tribunal courts’ backlog, up from 7,133 at the start of 2023. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Why villagers in town that will have more asylum seekers than residents have been SILENCED

MailOnline has found that the likely reason for the curious hesitancy of locals to discuss their plight is the fear of being condemned in a 'woke backlash'.

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3 d. ago Silence in Wethersfield: Why those living in the shadow of the UK's biggest asylum seeker camp are afraid to speak out

MailOnline has found that the likely reason for the curious hesitancy of locals to discuss their plight is the fear of being condemned in a 'woke backlash'.

Events

4 d. ago Britain's asylum seeker hotspots: Interactive map reveals how many YOUR council has taken in

The latest data released by the House of Commons Library shows 109,100 are currently being housed across the UK. Yet 59 of the 361 authorities accommodate none.

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4 d. ago Government ‘unlawfully’ housed asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield – High Court

Four former residents of RAF Wethersfield brought legal action against the Home Office.

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5 d. ago Migrants unlawfully housed at government’s flagship asylum site Wethersfield

Refugee charity Care4Calais called for RAF Wethersfield to be shut down

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7 d. ago Asylum seekers should be forced to pay back the cost of housing them in hotels with 'student loan

The Tory leader will take the fight over immigration to Labour and Reform UK with an amendment to be tabled to the Government's Border Security Bill.

Society

7 d. ago The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries

The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers

Politics

8 d. ago Smoke grenade mistakenly used by police at hotel stabbings scene, inquiry told

Asylum seeker Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot and killed by police responding to the incident in June 2020.

Events

8 d. ago Germany plans to 'defy EU laws' with mass rejection of asylum seekers at its borders following spate of terror attacks

The announcement comes after Austria, to the south, rejected Germany's idea of turning back asylum seekers at the border, insisting it would not accept them either.

Events

8 d. ago Inquiry hearing into death of asylum seeker shot by police after hotel stabbings

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, was shot and killed by police on June 26 2020.

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1 week ago Political asylum seeker fighting to stay in US or face six years in prison if she returns home to Russia

Feminist and LGBT+ activist Valeriia Razheva co-founded Feminist Anti-War Resistance - labelled an ‘undesirable organisation’ by Moscow

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1 week ago Welcomed to the UK: Palestinian asylum seeker gunman who called on God to 'kill all Jews', boasted about terrorising Israel and posed proudly with cache of weapons

EXCLUSIVE: As his dinghy is picked up in the Channel, Palestinian Abu Wadee makes a victory sign and declares: 'Thank God, we arrived in Britain.'

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1 week ago Welcomed to the UK: Asylum seeker gunman who called on God to 'kill all Jews', poses proudly with cache of weapons and revels in terror attacks

EXCLUSIVE: As his dinghy is picked up in the Channel, Palestinian Abu Wadee makes a victory sign and declares: 'Thank God, we arrived in Britain.'

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1 week ago Pressure on Labour to scrap migrant hotels as Home Office 'refuses to commit to end date while spending £5.5million accommodating asylum seekers every day'

Figures showed there were 38,079 in hotels at the end of December, up from 29,585 at the end of June - an increase of 29 per cent.

Economics

1 week ago Failed asylum seeker who was not deported despite repeated crimes against women is jailed after raping a sex worker

Iranian national Salih Mahmoudi, 42, struck in the early hours of the morning on August 21, 2023.

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